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Drugs In The Work Place
Number of Words: 562 / Number of Pages: 3
... note that they also drank coffee throughout the day along with the use of these drugs. The adults who had children during this time greatly influenced them with the sight of their drug addiction. The adult's pill taking drew forth a curiosity in their children. They wondered what the pills do to make their parents take them every single day. At one point, the children's interest grew so greatly as to make them want to try the drugs. So the children, especially Sliwak 2 teens, began pilfering some "uppers" and "downers"out of sheer interest to experiment with them. The drugs seemed to be "cool" for ...
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Hemp
Number of Words: 1145 / Number of Pages: 5
... opposes legalizing because they believe that it would send the wrong message to the public, and they think that this may lead to legalizing marijuana. But the government’s main reason for their opposition to legalize is because they are afraid that marijuana plants could be hidden in the middle of fields making aerial surveillance impossible to spot out the marijuana(2). This is a poor argument however, for it is impossible to grow marijuana next to or amongst , because the cross-breading of the two plants lowers the THC potency and destroys both of the plants. Even if you could grow marijuana in ...
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The Gender Struggle
Number of Words: 908 / Number of Pages: 4
... differently in school?" (Italicized paragraphs 7). She concluded from her field studies in junior high schools that the teacher sometimes treats boys and girls differently in the classroom. She also admits that boys and girls do have many differences, which cause them to behave differently. Orenstein observed that in many situations the teacher ignored the girls when they raised their hands while the boys would blurt-out answers without the teacher scolding them for it. The boys, she observed, usually dominated the classroom discussions while the girls would be very hesitant to raise their own hand ...
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The Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Number of Words: 1110 / Number of Pages: 5
... and neutrality violation. During
World War One, the Bureau was given the responsibility of investigating
espionage, sabotage, sedition (resistance against lawful authority), and draft
violations. The passage of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act in 1919 further
broadened the Bureau's jurisdiction.
After the passage of Prohibition in 1920, the gangster era began,
bringing about a whole new type of crime. Criminals engaged in kidnapping and
bank robbery, which were not federal crimes at that time. This changed in 1932
with the passage of a federal kidnapping statute. In 1934, many other ...
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Should Defense Spending Be Decreased
Number of Words: 1291 / Number of Pages: 5
... to protect against a threat that no longer existed. Anti-missile defense systems could be eliminated or scaled back, fewer troops would need to be kept on alert, and antiquated hardware could be destroyed and need not be replaced. The Center for Defense Information, a Washington D.C. think tank, points out that the US was able to defeat Iraq in 1991 using only 17 percent of active and reserve personnel and approximately one-third of its major combat units, concluding that the US could cut the military budget and still maintain a strong military position.
It has been noted in the past how much money is ...
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Democratic World Government - An Outline Structure
Number of Words: 4497 / Number of Pages: 17
... the near-impossibility of persuading all of the world's
countries to hand over their sovereignty to a global government of this sort.
Secondly, the risk - of which we are, and must always be, very aware - of
permitting a future global dictatorship of a particularly intransigent kind
(imagine how difficult it would be to dislodge a Hitler if he was in possession
of the kind of absolute power available through such a form of government). And
thirdly, as we see sometimes today in the European Community, the tendency of
such a large-scale government to create detailed, uniform laws for the entire
area ...
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Human Rights In China
Number of Words: 2644 / Number of Pages: 10
... human rights record in 1999 shows the extent at which the Government intensified efforts to suppress its 1.27 billion people. A crackdown against a newly formed opposition party, which began in the fall of 1998, broadened and intensified during the year. By the end of 1998, almost all of the key leaders of the China Democracy Party (CDP) were serving long prison terms or were in custody without any formal charges, and only a handful of members nationwide dared to remain active publicly (China Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1999). Tens of thousands of members of the Falun Gong spiritua ...
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Invasion Of Privacy
Number of Words: 895 / Number of Pages: 4
... idea, what you are talking about?" The voice responds, "We have been monitoring the university network and we have noticed that so-and-so from Hand College in room 417A has been receiving or downloading mp3s and other files from your computer." Surprised, you answer, "Really? I didn't even know." The voice on the other end responds, "Please take off any and all illegal information or data that you may have up on the network or else we will have to take action." Unsure about what he means, you say, "Ok. I'll do it right away." You quickly hang up and turn off your computer. You think to yourself, have t ...
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Aircraft Law: Liability
Number of Words: 919 / Number of Pages: 4
... appropriate development. Thus, "The general policy of the world
community in regard to emerging issues of air law demands the maintenance and
promotion of a balance between technological advance in aviation and the
preservation of a wholesome environment by providing adequate policies and
prescriptions." (2)
The initial governing treaty passed in 1929 is known as the Warsaw
Convention. This is a multilateral treaty among nations that governs
international air transportation. It was based on the idea that because
aviation was in its infancy, there was a risk of destroying the carrier airline
if th ...
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The Harmful Effects Of Body Pi
Number of Words: 464 / Number of Pages: 2
... to also have body piercing. The exact opposite also holds true for those who would be rejected from a group because of the piercing. Last, and most importantly body piercing may affect your job. There have been controversies over facial piercing in fast food restaurants. Also, if you are taking an interview and you have a visible piercing the interviewer may feel intimidated or think negatively toward you. The company may have a policy against piercing. They may make you seem immature or irresponsible. Some people feel they are a form of self-mutilation. Therefore, the employer and/or interviewer m ...
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